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early experts from the early quote. president obama will unleash his harshest criticism today. both president trump has no all this from kamala harris as she accepts the nomination for vice president of the united states. moments ago, the president offered a prebottle aimed at president obama. watch this. when i listen to that, i see the horror that he has left us. the stupidity of the transactions that he made, look what we are doing. look at how bad he was, how ineffective a president he was. he was so ineffective, so terrible. martha: trump 2020, director of communications joins me now. tim, good to have you here tonight. we know the trump campaign is going to get there opportunity next week to answer a lot of this, but the president went at it a little bit tonight. one of the refrains that we have heard quite a bit when it comes to an indictment on the president s handling of covid-19 is quoting the president when he said it is what it is. watch this. he s ....
15 minutes from biden s hometown of scranton ahead of tonight s main event. with the potential to single-handedly to side this race this race confidentially. here is bill hemmer on that. what i haven t talked about is pennsylvania. so many times, we are going to keep coming back to pennsylvan pennsylvania. that seems to be the key for trump or biden to get victory in 2020. martha: a closer look at pennsylvania where 20 electoral votes will be up for grabs, trump edged out hillary clinton by less than one percentage point, very tight race in pennsylvania on this day four years ago on the new look at the polls, they look like this. she was ahead by nine points in august of 2016. let s take a look at today. joe biden s advantage is smaller than that, he is ahead by six points according to the real clear average of polls. tonight, sr. advisors for both the biden and trump campaign s. speak of the only way they re going to wins by a rigged election, i really believe that ....
like a rocket, post-impeachment, it made victory look very likely. how often have we seen a president in office who has a strong economy, who has a hard time getting a second term? martha: but then came the virus. we have it very much under control. i am officially declaring a national emergency. martha: then the violence that has spawned, 3 30 million people out of work, the killing of george floyd come all of that creating a tinderbox that exploded across the streets of cities in america, portland, seattle, new york, d.c., but something shifted when it came to kenosha. kenosha, wisconsin. in the washington examiner, writing that kenosha could change this election because it represents the everyman of america s mid-sized cities. when people see kenosha, they see their hometown, their subu suburb, their schools, their middle america, and they wonder, by the grace of god, there goes the country, she writes. president trump spent the day they are. joe biden s ....
be real people. martha: amid a nationwide pandemic part in person, part virtual convention live from charlotte to the nation s capital spewing the stakes are high, the polls are tight and anything could happen. joe biden emily declared a season of american darkness and yet, look at what we have accomplished. martha: democracy 2020 starts right now. martha: i martha maccallum, good evening. welcome to washington. bret: i m bret baier and less than 24 hours then now the republican national convention will get underway. trump campaigns as we will see more live and in-person events with some virtual appearances. the theme is honoring the great american story. martha: but before that get started a reminder tonight that there is still a job to do during a pandemic. president trump held a late afternoon press conference today and announced an emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma as a way to treat coronavirus. the news comes as a democratic nominee joe biden se ....
their money s worth peered he gave a one-hour speech for them. a stark contrast to joe biden s quieter approach. good evening, everybody. live in washington, d.c. and this is the story. the wall street journal making the case that the president may be in better shape. this wall street journal and bc poll found 11% of undecided voters say they have a positive image of president joe biden compared to 22% of voters who say they have a positive outlook for president trump. these up for grabs voters also say that they prefer candidates that will confront the washington establishment. it s they were key themes durine democratic convention last week. also, former house speaker, newt gingrich thinks that the picture is better than it seems right now for the incumbents. i am predicting it will be a dramatically bigger victory than people currently expect. martha: tonight, with the prime time convention set to get underway shortly, we are joined by the trump campaign an ....